Paper leak case: 2 Army personnel among 4 more held in Pune

Pune Police probing the Army paper leak case has arrested four more persons including two Army personnel a senior officer said on Tuesday adding that the scope of the case looked like the tip of the icebergWith this the number of persons arrested in connection with the paper leak case so far has reached seven including an exservicemanOn February 18 the Army cancelled Army Relation Recruitment exam which was scheduled to be held on February 28 at BEG centre in Pune after the paper was found to be leakedPolice are now investigating the source of the leaked paper and the exact number of candidates who had received its copies before the date of the examThe said exam was scheduled on February 28 We had received intelligence that some people were approaching candidates and promising them to hand over the question paper in return of money Joint Commissioner of Police JCP Ravindra Shisave told reporters on TuesdayHe said the police had formed two teams and apprehended some people who were found to be in the possession of a question paper and were planning to sell it to aspirantsWe then approached Army officials and crosschecked the question paper We came to know that the question paper found in the mobile phones of those detained by us was the same that was set for the February 28 exam he said adding that the exam was subsequently cancelled by the ArmyShisave said the scope of the probe looks very wide and the police investigation so far could be just the tip of the icebergThe first case was registered against three people at Vishrantwadi police station in Pune following which police arrested Ali Akhtar Khan 47 Azad Khan 37 and Mahendra Sonawane 37The three accused had promised an aspirant to give him the question paper in exchange of Rs 1 lakhIn another case registered at Wanwadi police station in the city police have arrested four persons identified as Kishor Giri 40 Madhav Gitte 38 an exserviceman Gopal Koli 31 and Uday Awati 23 Koli and Awati work in the Army another officer saidKoli is a drill instructor at Batalian2 at BEG Centre while Awati is a regimental police personnelThe officer said that Giri and Gitte had called 14 candidates to a hotel in Vishrantwadi area to give them the copy of the question paperGiri used to run military training classes but became tout as his business failed Gitte retired on January 21 from Battalion2 where the exam was supposed to be held said Vitthal Patil senior police inspector AntiExtortion CellThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever